A stark photo shows Kim Jong-nam dead in an armchair amid claims he was assassinated

The footage begins with Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korea's tyrant Kim Jong-un, standing in a busy concourse at Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia, MalaysiaKini reports.

The footage then becomes blurry as apparent female assassins circle the man believed to be the dissident North Korean - who was notorious for speaking out against his crackpot half-brother's brutal regime.

A woman in a white sleeved top appears to reach both of her arm's around Jong-nam's face before spraying him with a liquid.

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Disturbing and upsetting footage has since claimed to show Jong-nam, who was once tipped to become the Supreme Leader of North Korea, walking through the airport seeking help in the final seconds of his life.

His body language suggests he is telling armed police that he has been sprayed in the face with something.